The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents held an exhibition at Harrogate, in the north of England. Some shelves were put up to display the exhibits. During the exhibition, the shelves fell down, injuring a visitor.
Article a/an digunakan hanya untuk singular nouns.
Sedangkan “the” dapat digunakan untuk semua bentuk noun.
Namun ada beberapa noun yang tidak menggunakan article, terutama uncountable noun.
- Accidents can happen.
- Water can easily get contaminated.
Bentuk Articles a/an dan the
Article “a” digunakan sebelum noun dengan awalan (ucapan) konsonan.
Sedangkan “an” digunakan sebelum noun dengan awalan (ucapan) vokal.
a + consonant sound | an + vowel sound |
a shelf | an accident |
a visitor | an exhibition |
a big exhibition | an interesting display |
Penggunaan a/an tergantung pada pengucapan noun, bukan huruf awalnya.
a one-day event | an only child |
a union | an umbrella |
a university | an error |
a uniform | an hour |
Penggunaan Articles
A hovercraft flying at 40 mph was halted in rough seas when a stowaway was discovered - on the outside. He was seen hiding behind a liferaft to avoid paying the £5 fare from Ryde, Isle of Wight to Southsea. The captain was tipped off by radio. He stopped the craft and a crewman brought the stowaway inside. A Hovertravel spokesman said: 'It was a very dangerous thing to do. The ride can be bumpy and it would be easy to fall off.'
Menggunakan a/an
Ketika sebuah kalimat menyebutkan sesuatu (countable noun) pertama kali, maka noun tersebut harus memiliki a / an
- a hovercraft
- a stowaway
Menggunakan the
Ketika noun yang memiliki a/an disebut lagi pada kalimat berikutnya, maka article a/an diganti dengan the
- He stopped the craft and a crewman brought the stowaway inside.
Perbedaan a/an dan the
Perbedaan antara a/an dan the sama dengan perbedaan antara someone/something dengan personal pronoun.
- Police are questioning someone about the incident. He was arrested when he arrived at Southsea.
- Police are questioning a man about the incident. The man was arrested when he arrived at Southsea
A man / someone merujuk pada “seorang laki-laki”.
Sedangkan the man / he merujuk pada laki-laki tertentu yang ditangkap.
Penggunaan the
Menyebutkan noun yang hanya ada satu di dunia.
- A hovercraft crossing the English Channel was halted in rough seas.
- The Prime Minister is to make a statement.
- The sun was shining.
- We were at home in the garden.
- I'm just going to the post office.
- Could I speak to the manager ? (di dalam restoran).
- I can't find the volume control. (ketika menonton televisi)
Digunakan pada phrase atau clause yang menjelaskan noun secara definite / jelas.
- Ours is the house on the corner.
- I'd like to get hold of the idiot who left this broken glass here.
- We came to the edge of a lake.
- The roof of a house was blown off in the storm.
- Steve heard the sound of an aircraft overhead.
Digunakan dengan adjective superlative (the most/ the tallest) dan adjective only, next, last, same, right, dan wrong.
- The Sears Tower is the tallest building in the world.
- You're the only friend I've got.
- I think you went the wrong way at the lights.
Simpulan penggunaan article a/an dan the
a/an | the |
Disebutkan pertama kali Do you want to see a video? Video yang dimaksud belum jelas | Sudah disebutkan sebelumnya Do you want to see the video? VIdeo yang sedang dibicirakan |
Konteks yang unik Are you enjoying the movie? Dibicarakan di dalam bioskop | |
Bukan noun yang unik / khusus We watched a film about wildlife. banyak film tentang “wildlife”, tidak disebutkan secara spesifik. | Phrase/clause yang definite I cook the meat that you eat. |
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